Democratic Governance

UNDP works with national partners to develop state and social structures that protect human rights, encourage healthy parliamentary and judicial oversight, reduce corruption, and empower local governments and civil society.

Countries in the region have made significant progress towards democratic governance. However, not all reforms are complete, and much remains to be done.

Governance challenges include transparent decision-making, and access to information and public institutions, especially for marginalized groups – challenges that deepened with the global financial crisis, which hit countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia particularly hard.

The integrity, independence and impartiality of the judiciary are essential to protecting human rights and fostering economic development.
But is this enough to ensure social justice and an inclusive legal state?more

Last year, a now famous book on the financial crisis was published under the title “This time is different.”
Its main thesis is this: never believe anyone who tries to tell you that anything is really new and different. Technology changes, but the human condition remains the same.more